Chronic Pain Archives

New Prescription Drugs: A Major Health Risk With Few Offsetting Advantages June 27, 2014 by Donald W. Light Few people know that new prescription drugs have a 1 in 5 chance of causing serious reactions after they have been approved. That is why expert physicians recommend not taking new drugs for at least five years unless patients [...]

Benzodiazepines and Opioids: Only Trained Pain Practitioners Should Prescribe Editor’s Memo November 2016 By Forest Tennant, MD, D.Ph. As one component of the effort to limit accidental opioid overdoses, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced in August 2016 that it was requiring class-wide changes to drug labeling, including patient information, to emphasize the [...]

What You Don’t Know Can Hurt or even Kill You Posted on November 24, 2015 It’s difficult to avoid a clear and loud message that America is experiencing an opioid epidemic, but it’s even more difficult to hear the voice of chronic pain sufferers above the din of the government, the media and higher [...]

Why The House And Senate Health Care Bills Will Make The Opiate Epidemic Much Worse The key to reducing physical pain is not just providing essential health benefits but also reducing economic inequality and uncertainty. 07/11/2017 06:07 pm ET Updated Jul 20, 2017 Co-authored by Michael Galinsky, the co-director of the documentary film, All the [...]

5 Myths About the CDC Opioid Guidelines August 16, 2016 By Pat Anson, Editor In a recent survey of nearly 2,000 pain patients, over two-thirds said their opioid medication has either been reduced or stopped by their doctor since the CDC’s opioid prescribing guidelines were released. That’s either a remarkable degree of compliance [...]

War On Rx For Chronic Pain 2017 CDC SURVEY RESULTS Thank you for your interest in our survey on the impact of the CDC’s opioid prescribing guidelines. The online survey of 3,108 pain patients, 43 doctors and 235 other healthcare providers was conducted between February 15 and March 11, 2017 by Pain News Network and the [...]

Going Too Far ! True Story As your founder of Chronic Pain Advocates - I must be honest there have been more times than I care to count even recently I have just reached my Breaking Point with some of these Spineless Doctors we are told we have to depend on for our Health Care. Besides being a Survivor [...]

I founded this website after I was shot on duty 31/2 years ago, but I had been living in Chronic Pain since 1996 when from a Prison Attack where I had 7 individuals kicking the crap out of me until my right hand was crushed. I found working in Law Enforcement and EMS came with [...]

Cassandra Pardini, PharmD September 06, 2017 HCPs Desire More Education in Opioid, Chronic PainManagement Shocking News ! Surveys revealed that although the vast majority recognize opioid abuse as a priority, only 36% screen for past or current abuse The following article features coverage from PAINWeek 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Click here to read more of MPR‘s conference [...]

Finding an effective form of relief for chronic pain can be a challenge for many reasons. First, you have to find a relief method that is actually effective at relieving your pain. Your symptoms can be caused by everything from a common headache or bad migraine to arthritis, menstrual cramps and a variety of other [...]